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It's high time we marked such an auspicious occasion with something of a celebration - for the month of October 2019, we have a very special offer to reveal to listeners and patrons all.
It's nothing less than a chance for YOU to get your name in lights, get yourself our latest book, and feast on p...
2019-10-01 05:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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In this latest episode, we see how Poland and Lithuania were drawn closer together, and examine one of the major trends of Polish history - that of concessions, made by the monarchy to the nobility, which were built upon over the centuries, until by the dawn of the 18th century, there was virtually no central ...
2019-09-30 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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In our ninth installment on 17th century warfare, we assess the overall contribution of the Dutch to the military revolution, through a few important spheres. We will learn that spreading the word about new technological innovations was not an unusual practice, and that Europeans were far more willing to share...
2019-09-23 05:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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How did Poland and Lithuania come to be joined together as one state? Here we answer that critically important question, as well as several others which go along with it. Of course, our story may begin in the year 1700, but we would be remiss if we didn't mention several threads of the story which brings the n...
2019-09-16 05:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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Where did the inspiration to tackle this project come from, what sources have we devoured, and what can you expect from this series? These questions and so many more besides will be addressed here, so make sure you get the full picture of what we're up to by listening in!
2019-09-16 05:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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FINALLY! After several years, countless teases, numerous changed plans, and no shortage of research, one of the most anticipated series we have ever tackled lands at long last. Poland Is Not Yet Lost has been made possible thanks to the incredible support I received from you, my patrons, so I hope you'll check...
2019-09-16 05:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
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After covering the adoption of a revolutionary new musket drill by Maurice of Nassau in the late 1590s, in this episode we come to the point where all of these innovations would be put to the test, so I hope you’re ready to listen in, as the full horrors of constant barrages of lead on the human body were fe...
2019-09-09 05:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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We're back! At long last, after a lot of confusing scheduling and weird decisions, WDF is finally ready to introduce to you what we have planned for the next few years. It is an investigation of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) like you've never seen it before, and I couldn't be more excited to begin! Listen i...
2019-09-09 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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1956 meant many different things to different people across the world during this eventful year, but as we have explored its varied themes and consequences, we have also come closer to the qualities which makes this year so fascinating. Its was eventful, destructive, encouraging and depressing all at once, and...
2019-08-26 09:52:43 +0000 UTC View Post
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Episode 2.21: From Eden concludes our story by examining the person of Anthony Eden in context. The Prime Minister, once so revered, had irreparably damaged his reputation by acting as he did in the Suez Crisis. While on paper the record stated that Britain and France had acted with the most noble of intention...
2019-08-18 22:57:42 +0000 UTC View Post
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What a lovely surprise! I sat down with Kaner [Ken] and Amby [Gavin], two Ozzies with a love of the game Diplomacy, which I have name dropped many times on this show. The three of us chat about a whole range of topics, from our experiences playing the game, to my recent projects and the processes involved with...
2019-08-17 10:16:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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In our penultimate episode of the Suez Crisis, we look at Episode 2.20: Americans & Soviets, which examines the involvement of the Cold War’s primary protagonists in the Suez Crisis. At long last, we bring the events in Hungary full circle with events in Egypt, and assess whether Anthony Eden’s crimes ...
2019-08-12 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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Episode 2.19: Not All Heroes Wear Capes follows on from what we saw in the previous episode, where Eden attempted without much apparent shame to completely redefine what the Suez Crisis had meant, and what Britain’s role in the crisis had been. From the afternoon of 6th November, with a ceasefire in the air,...
2019-08-05 05:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello faithful patrons! Thanks for sticking with the show over the last while, as we move forward from Versailles and onto our next project! During Versailles, release schedule on a consistent basis wasn't really thing - I was pretty much following the lead of those that acted a century before after all!
Now that, I'm f...
2019-08-01 18:07:39 +0000 UTC View Post
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Episode 2.18: The Art of Backing Down brings us to a critical point in the narrative, where Anthony Eden decided that a ceasefire was in fact favourable after all, even while he had ignored calls for just such an arrangement in the past. So just what had changed? Thanks to Harold Macmillan, Eden was persuaded ...
2019-07-29 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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Join me for the next five weeks dear patrons, as we work our way through the last few episodes of 1956. Every Monday, until 26th August, we will be delivering a new installment of this fascinating series, so make sure you don't miss out! It's been a while since we last visited the Suez Crisis, so what have we ...
2019-07-22 05:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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The Versailles Anniversary Project consumed 8 months of my life, and 8 months of your attention. It was the largest, most ambitious, and most exhausting project we have ever taken on. What did this 'taking on' actually look like though? You may know that it was a long hard enjoyable slog, but what else is ther...
2019-07-10 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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After 8 months and 85 episodes, what is left to say? As it turns out, quite a lot, so I hope you'll join me as we wrap up the longest project we've ever tackled here at WDF. The questions of German responsibility, of Woodrow Wilson's selective compromising, and the exercise of finger pointing all come under ou...
2019-07-08 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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In this episode, we conclude our story f the delegates who partook in this romp through alternative history and imagination land over the last six months. You are all a credit to history podcast listeners, and thanksss so much for making such hard work be so much darn fun. What does the world look like up to 1...
2019-07-08 10:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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It's high time we examined where the Germans fit into all of this mess. Having been left with the most unfair treaty in the universe, how could these poor unfortunate Germans possibly repair and move on? My point, as I make many times in this final episodes of our project, is that the German responsibility for...
2019-07-06 16:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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Vittorio Orlando, George Clemenceau, David Lloyd George and Woodrow Wilson. Four men, who over the last eight months, had been more central to the development of the peace, and thus the development of the 20th century, than any other figures. In this episode, we remember each man and his story during this eigh...
2019-07-05 15:05:56 +0000 UTC View Post
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Germany and Austria receive their peace treaties, amidst an atmosphere which was calm and collected in some places, but scheming and troubling in others. Could it be guaranteed that these arrangements would stand the test of time? Who was left pleased, where others were enraged? Was anyone listening to the sma...
2019-07-01 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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Just because the main event had been and gone, did not mean that the story ended here. For many delegates and peacemakers, the mission remained one of leveraging as many advantages from the peace treaty as possible. For others, it was a case of working with friends and foes alike to secure their borders or the...
2019-06-30 16:09:47 +0000 UTC View Post
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On This Day in history a century ago! What else, other than that infamous scene. After more than eight months, we reach that scene. What exactly was the Hall of Mirrors like to sit in? We have the answers. What did the Germans look like? Again, we have it covered. What were the consequences, of these sig...
2019-06-28 19:46:46 +0000 UTC View Post
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If you thought we'd simply fast forward to the infamous scene where the Germans signed on the dotted line, then you haven't been paying attention! Between the 24 and 27 June, there was a great deal going down, even if many of the peacemakers had mentally checked out, knowing that the signing was only a few day...
2019-06-27 17:36:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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With a German Treaty tantalisingly close to completion, it remained to do the rounds, and find out exactly what was bothering or motivating the various delegates. Some last minute agreements, goals, and even strategic alliances were possible, as these peacemakers imagined life after the Treaty of Buckingham......
2019-06-24 17:51:50 +0000 UTC View Post
